Improvement in twine-holders



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TWINE-HOLDER...

Patented June 12, 1877.

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TWINE-HOLDER. No. 191,914. Patented June 12,1877.

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ALFRED BEAUSOLEIL, OF ALPENA, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN TWINE-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 191,914, dated June12, 1877; application filed April as, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, ALFRED BEAUSOLEIL, of Alpena, in the county ofAlpena and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Twine-Holders; and I do hereby'declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure I of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of mytwine-holder, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of mytwineholder.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a twineholder, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates myinvention.

A represents a platform, of any suitable di mensions, upon which issecured a figure, B, of a man. The body of this figure is hollow tocontain the ball of twine O, the end of the twine passing out through anaperture, 64, in the body B, at the back, near the top.

Two balls of twine, of different kind, may be placed within the body Bby providing said body with an interior horizontal partition, D, andplacing one ball above and one below the same. The twine from the lowerball will then pass through a central hole in said partition, and thenthrough the hole a. The twine from the top ball passes out throughanother hole in the top of the body, as'shown.

The head G of the figure is screwed on the neck I), and may be madehollow to contain still another ball of twine, cord, or tape, &c.

The figure may be represented as dressed in any desired costume; but Iprefer to make it in military dress, with a sword, E, held in horizontalor nearly horizontal position under the right arm. The handle of thesword E is brought down on the edge of the bladed, and

thus be out ofl'. This device also answers for a pencil-sharpener.

H H are the arms of the figure, shown as bent, with the hands I I in anelevated position, forming a rack for holding a card, J, for advertisingpurposes.

This twine holder, with its attachments, may be made of any materialsuitable for the purpose, and of any size desired.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The body B of the figure, adapted to receive one or more balls oftwine, and provided with a diaphragm, D, a twine-cutter, and acard-rack, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The twine-holder, having the body B, arms H H, and sword Id, slottedas described, and provided with the removable blade d, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

3. As an article of manufacture,- the withindescribcd twine-holder,consisting of the platform A, body B, head 0, arms H H with hands I I,and sword E with blade 01, all constfucted substantially as and for thepurposes described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED BEAUSOlhEIL. Witnesses:

CHARLES A. JEYTE, J osEPH DEOENT.

